I favor a policy of no US military or intelligence interventions anywhere--call it isolationism if you like but I'm fine with trade when properly regulated.
We should have left Ukraine alone in 2014 and before instead of proceeding with our NATO expansion and "democracy promotion." The current Russian operations in Ukraine are blowback from that, predicted by George Kennan in 1991. Professor John Mearsheimer said in 2015 and recently that the troubled situation in Ukraine was US fault. I'd like to see the fastest possible direct Russian/Ukrainian settlement, not an attempt to defeat Russia over one of their most serious concerns, as they've been telling us over and over for 7 years. Ukraine should be neutral and demilitarized...for the sake of the world...and the annexation of Crimea and autonomy of Donbass should be respected as well.
The best info I have is that Russian operations have been highly focused on military targets and objectives and have minimized loss of life, virtually the opposite of US wars (which had less justification) in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also they have been very effective and efficient (though avoiding the messy occupation of cities). Russian military is highly effective and runs at low cost. I'd vote for them being the world's policeman. We're too old and fat for the job anymore, and besides its nothing but grief.
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